Elmattic·Jun 15, 2025Black Mirrors, Black Masks :: on billy woods’ ‘GOLLIWOG’When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Azrael Encarnacion·Nov 5, 2024A Story To Tell: ‘Frankie’ by Billy WoodsFirst of my ‘A Story To Tell’ spotlight series focused on Hip-Hop storytelling. A look at the focused mayhem on Billy Woods’ song Frankie.A response icon1A response icon1
Paul Douglass·Dec 5, 2023Why hip-hop’s master storyteller Billy Woods has made the year’s best albumMaps continues the hottest streak in rap covering several solo albums and collaborations with Elucid in Armand Hammer.A response icon1A response icon1
Elmattic·Jun 24, 2023Uncharted Territory :: Best Hip Hop of 2023 (front half)Every year I tell myself not to wait until December and piss blood writing up the year’s albums, so I’m getting a jump on it. Also, if I…
InOriginal Pinheiros StylebyPedro Pinhel·May 7, 2023Billy Woods and Kenny Segal — MapsMetade do duo Armand Hammer e um dos rappers mais legais da atual cena “underground” de Nova York — se é que isso ainda existe — , Billy…
Elmattic·Jan 7, 2023Lumumba’s Tooth & Other Stories :: billy woods x Preservation’s “Aethiopes”Having been writing about woods’ work every year for ten entire damn years, and listening for fifteen, it’s great for once not to try and…
Elmattic·Jan 7, 2023The Salt Has Lost Its Savor :: billy woods x Messiah Musik’s “Church”Houses of the HolyA response icon1A response icon1
InCounter ArtsbyReece Beckett·Nov 24, 2022billy woods — The Underground Rapper You Need to HearAfter almost 20 years rapping, billy woods remains brutally overlooked.